@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+Released 3.0.0 2018-03-12
+
+Notable changes since 2.4.45 (please see detailed logs below):
+* Python 3 support and bytes_mode
+  see: https://python-ldap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bytes_mode.html
+* The module `ldap.async` is renamed to `ldap.asyncsearch`
+* New dependencies: pyasn1, pyasn1_modules
+* Dropped support for Python 2.6 and 3.3
+
+
+Changes since 3.0.0b4:
+
+Lib/
+* Add bytes_strictness to allow configuring behavior on bytes/text mismatch
+
+Modules/
+* Add argument name to bytes mode TypeError
+* Use correct integer types for BER encode/decode (fix for big endian machines)
+
+Test/
+* Set $LDAPNOINIT in all tests
+* Add test for secure TLS default
+* Ignore SASL methods in DSE test (fix for restricted environments)
+* Remove filterstr workaround from syncrepl test
+* Explicitly set TLS_REQUIRE_CERT option to TLS_HARD in test_tls_ext_noca
+
+Doc/
+* Link to bytes mode from text-string arguments in the ldap module
+
+Infrastructure:
+* Include lber in list of libraries in setup.cfg
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 Released 3.0.0b4 2018-01-10
 
 
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 """
 meta attributes for packaging which does not import any dependencies
 """
-__version__ = '3.0.0b4'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'
 __author__ = u'python-ldap project'
 __license__ = 'Python style'
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '3.0.0b4'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '3.0.0b4'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'
 
 __all__ = [
   # constants
 
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 See https://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '3.0.0b4'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'
 
 from slapdtest._slapdtest import SlapdObject, SlapdTestCase, SysLogHandler
 from slapdtest._slapdtest import requires_ldapi, requires_sasl, requires_tls